Balkan Mountains

Leaving the touristy area of Veliko Tarrovo we were soon into the Balkan Mountains and the first closed road of the day. The diversion took us higher into the Balkan Mountains, then the second closed road (on the diversion) took us down to the plains - on route we passed this monument

Once down onto the plains, we managed some decent progress until the third closed road of the day at Simeonovgrad. Being able to read Cyrillic meant that the diversion signs were easy to read, and we managed to reroute to the partially built motorway, which terminated at the Bulgarian-Turkish border. Bonus !!